JohnHPhotography

Lonely Flower

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

settings

Aperture f/2.8 ISO 50 Shutter 1/500

upload_date

Sep, 2013

Views

340

Likes

+41

Awards

Winner in A Single flower Photo Challenge

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Outstanding Creativity

Absolute Masterpiece

Peer Award

All Star

Exceptional Contrast

Behind The Lens

Location

This photograph was taken in Bournemouth Gardens.

Time

Mid afternoon

Lighting

The sun was shining bright, but the tree canopy above was like a diffuser helping to stop the harsh light coming through.

Equipment

I used my Canon 1Ds MKii and my Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8. It was shot wide open.

Inspiration

I thought the flowers looked nice and i hadn't seen many of them before. I searched for a single flower with nothing in the foreground/background to distract it. As i only had the 120-300mm on me at the time, i used it to my advantage, throwing the background out of focus and giving lovely shallow depth of field.

Editing

Some contrast tweaks and saturation.

In my camera bag

Depends on what i'm going to shoot. It could be my 1Ds MKii + 17-35mm + 120-300mm or my Pentax K5iis + 8mm fisheye + 100mm Macro.

Feedback

I found that using a tele lens for this achieved some good results, shooting wide open gave it the dreamy bokeh kind of look.

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Lonely Flower

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